noun
a very slow movement
Examples
- the traffic advanced at a crawl
noun
a swimming stroke
Synonyms
front crawl
Australian crawl
Examples
- arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
noun
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
Synonyms
Examples
- a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
- the traffic moved at a creep
verb
move slowly
Synonyms
Examples
- in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
- The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
verb
feel as if crawling with insects
Examples
- My skin crawled--I was terrified
verb
be full of
Examples
- The old cheese was crawling with maggots
verb
show submission or fear
Synonyms
verb
swim by doing the crawl
Examples
- European children learn the breast stroke
- they often don't know how to crawl